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toll

noun as in damage, deaths

verb as in ring out

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The NIA put the death toll at 10, though hospital officials told AFP that at least 12 people had been killed.

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The death toll from a Russian strike in the eastern Ukrainian city of Balakliya has risen to three, the city military administration chief said on Monday.

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Beef prices have skyrocketed, with inventory of the U.S. cattle herd at the lowest in 75 years due to the toll of drought and parasites.

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The attack came a day after Russia struck apartment blocks across Ukraine's capital Kyiv that left seven dead, according to the latest toll.

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Born in 1844 in northwestern France, Rousseau took up painting in his 40s while working as a toll collector in Paris.

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